Python on windows 7

[Danimal Sheahon]

im trying to learn how to read and write in computer language and all that stuff and i just downloaded and installed Python 3.2 for my computer and im on a tutorial website and its confusing as fuck. i keep getting syntaxerror messages and shit
ex:
>>> the_world_is_flat= 1
>>> if the_world_is_flat:
print "be careful not to fall off!"

Syntaxerror: invalid syntax

can someone help me plsssss

[acolyte_to_jippity]

try a space after the_world_is_flat

and is the_world_is_flat a boolean, or an int?

[Danimal Sheahon]

to be honest, idk.
idk what a boolean or an int is...
i just read that python is the easiest thing to start with when learning how to code...

[BladeTwinSwords]

The easiest code language is most certainly BASIC

[Blashyrkh]

The easiest code language is most certainly BASIC

This.
There is a minor syntax error:
>>> if the_world_is_flat:
should be
>>> if (the_world_is_flat == 1):

But I don't think this should have been coded in the console. The console is mainly used for calling the functions you make in the upper box [can't remember its name now >_>]
Make something in the upper box that says

def flatWorld()
isFlat = 1
if (isFlat == 1):
print "be careful not to fall off!"

Then in the console, type this:
>>> flatWorld()

[Danimal Sheahon]

idk what upper box you are talking about.

i have two comand consoles. one is white and one is black and what white one give me colored letters.
both are in interactive mode seeing as how i get the ">>>" prompting me for my next set of commands.

[StarsMine]

to be honest, idk.
idk what a boolean or an int is...
i just read that python is the easiest thing to start with when learning how to code...

Boolean is a single bit var, being 1 or 0, often used for true/false

int, well that depends on the code for the spicifics, but its usually I believe 8 bits, and well int is short for intiger